This book is probably easily findable, if I had a bit more information (as most of my questions are, I guess.)
I didn't read this whole book. I picked it up at a booksale and thumbed through it. I didn't buy it, but I'd read enough of it to be curious about it. It was a paperback, possibly had a red cover. I think it was geared to adults, possibly a teen title but more likely adult. I think the parents were splitting up and their teenage daughter was pregnant, but she was overweight and had been hiding it, I think even from the baby's father, who might have been a friend of hers? The teen's voice was sarcastic and I think she was a first-person narrator, at least for part of the book.
Does anyone remember this book but me?
Showing posts with label what was the name of that book?. Show all posts
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
What Was the Name of That Book? Part 2
Some days I feel like this one is on the tip of my tongue; some days I feel like I'll never remember what it's called.
This is another book I read as a child. I know that I read it at my friend's cottage, so I want to say that it was between 1991 and 1997 when I read it, but it could easily have been published before that. It was a paperback, possibly pocketbook sized. There was likely a character, maybe a main character, who was overweight. I think she wore a school uniform. The most memorable thing about the book was that they called the bathroom a lavatory.
Does anyone remember this but me?
This is another book I read as a child. I know that I read it at my friend's cottage, so I want to say that it was between 1991 and 1997 when I read it, but it could easily have been published before that. It was a paperback, possibly pocketbook sized. There was likely a character, maybe a main character, who was overweight. I think she wore a school uniform. The most memorable thing about the book was that they called the bathroom a lavatory.
Does anyone remember this but me?
Monday, March 5, 2012
What Was the Name of that Book?
Can anyone help me remember the name of a book?
It was about a girl. A new Russian neighbour moved in across the street (I think, possibly next door). I think it was set in the late 80s/early 90s (possibly written around that time, too) because it talked about the fall of the Soviet Union. It used words like glasnost. The neighbour gave the girl a gold pin (possibly from the Moscow Olympics?) and the main character would check the stock market to find out the price of gold. All of this happened fairly early on. I don't remember the rest of the book at all, but the main character probably learned a lesson or two about life. I think it was a paperback and I probably got it from a book order or something like that.
Does anyone remember this but me?
It was about a girl. A new Russian neighbour moved in across the street (I think, possibly next door). I think it was set in the late 80s/early 90s (possibly written around that time, too) because it talked about the fall of the Soviet Union. It used words like glasnost. The neighbour gave the girl a gold pin (possibly from the Moscow Olympics?) and the main character would check the stock market to find out the price of gold. All of this happened fairly early on. I don't remember the rest of the book at all, but the main character probably learned a lesson or two about life. I think it was a paperback and I probably got it from a book order or something like that.
Does anyone remember this but me?
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